Movies Released July 5, 2013

Released Friday, July 5th

14%

3.9 / 5

(35)

The Way, Way Back

Follows a teen boy who struggles to find himself as he comes to terms with his unattentive mother and cheating stepfather during summer vacation.

Sam Rockwell, AnnaSophia Robb, Toni Collette, Gigi Pritzker, Allison Janney, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Kevin J. Walsh

PG-13 Drama Comedy

14% WILL SEE

3.9 / 5

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88%

4.6 / 5

(13)

The dramedy interweaves the stories of various family members over the course of a year. Greg Kinnear plays a famous novelist obsessed with his ex-wife (Jennifer Connelly), while Lily Collins co-stars as their collegiate daughter Samantha who is pursued by fellow writing student (Logan Lerman). Nat Wolff will play her teenage brother, who is experiencing first love with Liana Liberato’s character. Kristen Bell has been cast as a friend of the novelist who is trying to help him get over his ex-wife.

Kristen Bell, Lily Collins, Josh Boone, Liana Liberato, Greg Kinnear, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolff, Lisa Wilson

R Drama Comedy 1 hr, 35 mins

88% WILL SEE

4.6 / 5

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81%

3.5 / 5

(33)

Hammer of the Gods

Limited

A young Viking warrior, Steinar (Bewley), is sent by his father the King (Cosmo) on a quest to find his estranged brother, who was banished from the kingdom many years before. Steinar’s epic journey across hostile territory gradually sees him emerge as the man his father wants him to be -- the ruthless and unforgiving successor to his throne

Charlie Bewley, James Cosmo, Clive Standen, Guy Flanagan, Farren Blackburn, Rupert Preston, Matthew Read, Elliot Cowan

R Action

81% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

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65%

The Look of Love

NYC/LA

Follows the business and personal life of club proprietor and porn publisher Paul Raymond.

Imogen Poots, Steve Coogan, Matt Greenhalgh, Tamsin Egerton, Michael Winterbottom, Danny Perkins, Anna Friel, Jenny Borgars

Crime Sci-Fi 1 hr, 41 mins

65% WILL SEE

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39%

3.6 / 5

(13)

Absence

Limited

Doctors are baffled when a young expectant mother, Liz (Erin Way), wakes to find her nearly-to-term pregnancy apparently disappear overnight. The police are investigating the situation as a missing child and only her husband, Rick (Eric Matheny), and brother, Evan (Ryan Smale) trust her version of events.

Jimmy Loweree, Jake Moreno, Erin Way, Eric Matheny, Ryan Smale, Stephanie Scholz

Thriller Suspense

39% WILL SEE

3.6 / 5

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53%

3 / 5

(7)

Just Like a Woman

Limited

Mona (Golshifteh Farahani), 26, an immigrant from North Africa, runs her in-laws’ mini market in Chicago. She’s married to Mourad, a man who can’t stand up to his authoritarian mother. Mona is harassed by her mother-in-law because after five years of marriage, she hasn’t be able to get pregnant, something that’s considered a shame and a taboo in her culture.

Marilyn (Sienna Miller), 29, is a receptionist at a computer repair company. Her marriage with Harvey is on the ropes. The only thing in her life that makes her happy is her belly dance class, a passion shared by Mona. Dancing at family gatherings lifts her spirits up and makes her forget the misery of her daily life. Marilyn shops at Mona’s mini-market. They’ve become friends.

One morning, Mona’s mother-in-law is found dead in her bed. Mona realizes that she mixed the wrong dose while preparing her medicine. Realizing that she might be accused of murder, Mona runs away and flees Chicago by bus.

Marilyn loses her job because of the recession. When she gets home, she finds out that her husband is cheating on her. With nothing left to lose, Mona decides to go to Santa Fe to enter a contest hoping to join a famous belly dance company. Mona and Marilyn run into each other on a rest area on the side of a highway. They decide to continue the trip together. They cross the USA, pitching their tent in trailer parks and in the middle of the desert. They earn some cash belly-dancing together in restaurants and bars.

Back in Chicago, Mona is considered a fugitive; she’s wanted for the murder of her mother-in-law. Harvey asks the police to look for Marilyn who disappeared without leaving a trace.

Will Marilyn succeed in joining the belly dance company? How long will Mona be able to keep her secret from Marilyn? And how long will she be able to escape the law?

Roschdy Zem, Marion Doussot, Sienna Miller, Golshifteh Farahani, Tim Guinee, Bahar Soomekh, Rachid Bouchareb, Joelle Touma

R Drama

53% WILL SEE

3 / 5

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